Depeche Mode MEN 17/11/17

Its only taken me 30 something years to see this iconic 80’s-present day legendary rock synth outfit..so a few months late in writing this report is irrelavent..

Most people have bucket lists and I dont personally have one of them, but if I had Depeche Mode and seeing them perform absolutely live would be high on it..!

If you look back through music over the past 20 to 30 years there are very few bands that are still together, let alone continuing to bring out new material and continuing to pack out massive arenas all over Europe and the rest of the world.

You could definitely argue the case for Depeche Mode is one of these bands, with the Global Spirit tour proving that this bunch of 50 old-year-olds are still going strong. The Manchester arena was packed out — I won’t lie, I was slightly shocked by this. The even the top tears of the arena were crammed full.

The show began with glorious synth swells, building and building as each member slowly make their way onto the stage, soaking up the applause from the crowd and waiting patiently for Mr Dave Gahan to arrive on centre stage.

If you compared a Depeche Mode performance in the 80s Dave would have been stood rooted to the same spot, clutching the mic stand for dear life hardly moving his body or his eyes. Flashback to tonight and with an almost Mick Jager performance in his trademark sparkly waist coast. It is almost hard to believe its the same person!

 

I fullfilled my ambitions with Louise and even got the T-Shirts to prove it..!

 

Setlist

Going Backwards

It’s No Good

Barrel of A Gun

A Pain that I’m Used To

Useless

Precious

World in my eyes

Cover Me

Insight

Home

In your Room

Where’s the Revolution

Everything Counts

Stripped

Enjoy the Silence

Never let me down again

Encore

Judas

Walking in my shoes

A Question of Time

Personal Jesus

I will definitely not leave it 30 years to see them again..

Here is the concert..

 

Enjoy…

 

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